Émile-Robert Blanchet (17 July 1877 in Lausanne, Switzerland – 27 March 1943 in Pully, Switzerland)[1] was a French-speaking Swiss pianist, composer and mountaineer.

[2] He was taught by his father, the organist of a cathedral in Lausanne, Charles Blanchet, a pupil of Ignaz Moscheles, and Hauptmann.

[3] Later he attended Cologne Conservatory and was a pupil of Busoni in Weimar and Berlin.

[3][4] Later he was professor of piano 1904-1917, then director 1905-1908 of the Lausanne Conservatory.

In 1917 he resigned and spent time on climbing on which he would write 2 books.